Babbage, Charles, (1792-1871), mathematician

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Surname:	Babbage
Forenames:	Charles
Gender:	Male
Date:	1792-1871
Biography:	ODNB link for Babbage, Charles (1792-1871), mathematician
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P138171 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P1076 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Charles Babbage

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37182-205
2	papers, notebooks and drawings	Science Museum Library and Archives	BAB	NRA 9184
3	1808-66: papers	Cambridge Philosophical Society		NRA 9501 Cambridge Philosoph
4	papers	Oxford University: History of Science Museum		NRA 9532 Oxford scientific
5	social diary, diplomas and letters from Duke of Somerset	Science Museum Library and Archives		See Annual Return 1992
6	1804-47: letters received	McGill University Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7	misc corresp, papers and notebooks	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
8	c1806-68: notebooks and papers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.8705
9	literary MSS and papers	Wanganui Regional Museum		See National Register of Archives and MSS in New Zealand B606
10	student account books, misc corresp and papers	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	GEN MSS MISC
11	1831-55: corresp with James Forbes	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep7	NRA 13132
12	letters (72) to Sir John Franklin	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
13	1815-26: corresp with Sir John Herschel (418 items)	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
14	1814-63: corresp with Sir John Herschel	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library		NRA 13677 Herschel
15	1829-60: letters to Sir John Lubbock	Royal Society	JWL	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16	1826-62: letters (15) to A Quetelet	Bibliotheque Royale Albert 1er		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
17	1829-63: letters to Lord and Lady Rosse	Birr Castle Archives		NRA 25548 Parsons
18	1820-70: letters to Royal Astronomical Society	Royal Astronomical Society Library	RAS letters	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
19	1830-49: letters to Duke of Somerset	Buckinghamshire Archives	D-RA	NRA 11704 Ramsden
20	1815-47: letters to William and Mary Somerville and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	NRAS191	NRA 9423